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' H. S. PAYNE.

WHIFFLETREE. No. 340,151. Patented Apr. 20, 1886.

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HENRY SILAS PAYNE, OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.

WHIFF'LETREE.

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 340,151, dated April20,1886.

Application filed October 28 1885. Serial No. 181,177. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY SILAS PAYNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Camden, in the county of Camden and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whiffletrees; and 1do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

My invention is designed to improve the construction of whiffletrees sothat the full strength of the wood shall be preserved, and so that theirons may be easily applied to or removed from the wood-work.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the nature of the invention, Figure1 presenting it in a plan view, and Fig. 2 being an enlarged view of myclevis rnb-iron. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are details.

The various parts of the invention are referred to by letters, similarletters denoting corresponding parts throughout the drawings.

The letterA represents the swing-bar or evener.

a a are clevises to connect the evener to the single-trees.

B B are straps secured to the ends of the evener, hinged at b, andhaving the arched portion 1) adapted to fit over the clevises a a andretain them in position. The free ends of the straps B B are held inplace by springs c a, or some equivalent device.

H is a double clevis wit-h an arch, 71, provided with a hook, G.

On the front edge of the bar A is a strap, or, having an eye, it, forthe king-bolt. The

ends of the strap or pass between the bar A and the clevis H, by whichit is kept in place. The clevis H is tightened upon the bar A by one ormore wedges, e, driven in between them.

D D are single-trees connected with the clev- "ises a a by clasps orstirrups E E, similar to clevis H. These clasps are slipped upon thesingle-trees from the end, and are secured in position by the wedges ee.

F F are bands and tug-hooks on the singletrees, and are held in positionby the wedges ffin the same manner as the clevises E E.

I is a rubiron adapted to be placed in the arch h of the clevis H. Itsouter edge is concave, to admit the arch h, and its claws M are bentaround the arch h and into the recesses l I, provided for them, by whichmeans the rubiron is kept in place. When one iron is worn through,another may be easily put in its place,

' and so the clevis will be protected from wear.

Rub-iron may be also used on the whiffletreeclevises E E.

By the use of my invention it is not necessary to bore holes through thewood or otherwise lcssen its full strength. I also avoid the use ofrivets, bolts, and nuts, which are liable to work loose and fall out.

In case of breakage a new bar can be supplied by simply knocking out thewedges and slipping the irons upon the new single-tree or swing-bar.

Having now described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. In combination with the swing-bar A, having hinged straps B B, witharches b b and springs a o, the clevises a a, and double clevis H,having the arch h,with recesses Z Z, and being provided with a hook, G,the rub-iron I, with claws z z, the strap m, having the eye a, and thewedges e,substantially as herein described.

2. The combination of the swing-bar A, having straps B B, with arches bb and springs c c, clevises a a, and double clevis H, having the arch h,a strap, m, having an eye, a, the wedge e, the single-trees D D, havingdouble clevises E E, wedges e e, tug-hooks F F, and wedges f f,substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY SILAS PAYNE.

Vitnesses:

J AMES M. OASSADY, T. F. BOARDMAN.

